Plant Biotechnology 2 (Oral Session)

Tuesday, July 29, 2014: 3:15 PM
Salon 5 (Rosen Plaza Hotel)
Moderator:
Guixia Hao
3:15 PM
Production of Transgenic Citrus Resistant to Citrus Canker and Huanglongbing Diseases
Guixia Hao, USDA/ARS; Ed Stover, US Horticultural Research Laboratory, USDA/ARS; Y-P Duan, USDA/ARS; Goutam Gupta, Los Alamos National Lab
3:30 PM
Transgenic Citrus sinensis Trees Expressing the Arabidopsis NPR1 Systemic Acquired Resistance Gene Demonstrates Enhanced Tolerance to Huanglongbing (HLB)
Manjul Dutt, University of Florida/IFAS; Gary Barthe, University of Florida/IFAS; Jude W. Grosser, University of Florida/IFAS
3:45 PM
RNA Interference Provides High-level, Stable Resistance to Plum Pox Virus
Michel Ravelonandro, Ph.D., INRA; Ralph Scorza, USDA–ARS, Appalachian Fruit Research Station
Audio File Recorded Presentation
4:00 PM
Identification of Candidate Genes Associated with X-disease Resistance in Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana L.) through Comparative Genomics
Yinghai Liang, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences of China; Danqiong Huang, North Dakota State University; Wenhao Dai, PhD, North Dakota State University
Audio File Recorded Presentation
4:15 PM
Engineering Tolerance to the Diaprepes Root Weevil (Diaprepes abbreviates L.) through Expression of the Snowdrop Lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin; GNA) in Citrus
Manjul Dutt, University of Florida; Raquel Campos-Herrera, University of Neuchâtel; Fahiem El-Borai, University of Florida; Larry Duncan, University of Florida; Jude Grosser, University of Florida
4:30 PM
Fungal and Bacterial Disease Resistance Conferred by Endogenous VvPR1 Genes in Grapevine and Tobacco Under Greenhouse and Field Conditions in Aid of Precision Breeding
Zhijian, T. Li, University of Florida/IFAS; Dilma D. Silva, University of Florida, MREC; Jonathan R. Jasinski, University of Florida/IFAS; Matthew R. Creech, University of Florida, MREC; Trudi Grant, University of Florida/IFAS; Dennis J. Gray, Professor, University of Florida/IFAS
Audio File Recorded Presentation
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